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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6281 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 1 of 202 29 June 2011 at 10:30pm | IP Logged |
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The 6 Week Challenge in May, the first one with the ability to compare yourself in real
time with other participants, went really well. I've been asked to organize another such challenge ASAP. As a lot of forum members may want to participate in the Tadoku Challenge ("Read more or die") in July, I've set August 1st as the start date of the next 6 Week Challenge. We had Spanish as a focus language in May, meaning that participants were encouraged to study Spanish (but did not have to; in fact the two top scorers studied Arabic and Thai). Having such a large group studying Spanish means that there were more people to exchange ideas, resources and day-to-day motivation. August's focus language has not been decided yet. If you are going to participate in the challenge, please fill out this quick poll and indicate which languages you might be ready to study, if they were chosen. Indicate all languages, not just your favorite, so that the end result is more likely to match your preferences. I will post an update here when the bot is ready to take sign-ups. As before, it is also possible to participate in the 6 Week Challenge without using the bot to keep track, but believe me when I say that it's more fun with the bot. Also, you'll study more, having this peer pressure and friendly competition on you. The 6 Week Challenge Manifest Make a difference! Your main target language must be one that you don't know well yet, Lower Intermediate level at most. This way, you are able to achieve noticeable progress in 6 weeks. Anything goes! Use whatever methods you like. Experiment with a new method or rely on trusty old ones. L-R, textbook, classes, Anki, reading books, watching target- language TV, trolling target-language forums, whatever, we don't care as long as it helps with your language-learning. Get with it! You only have 6 weeks till the day of truth, forget about procrastinating! Intensify! Look at every spare minute and see if you can turn it into language- studying time. Cooperate! We are legion; the May 6 Week Challenge had 77 sign-ups. Draw motivation from the group and share your tips and tricks and awesome trilingual parallel texts with matching audiobooks. = MAGIC formula for awesome results Edited by Sprachprofi on 29 June 2011 at 10:31pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5380 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 2 of 202 29 June 2011 at 11:43pm | IP Logged |
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I would love to improve my Persian or Russian in August. I really gained a lot from the challenge in May, and I'm
looking forward to participating again :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6720 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 202 30 June 2011 at 12:00am | IP Logged |
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I'm in for Portuguese (I've studied it part-time for two semesters, but although I already know some Spanish and therefore get Portuguese at a discount, I still wouldn't rate myself intermediate, no way) and/or Dutch (no experience at all, except extensive "reading" for a couple of months thanks to my German vocabulary).
Maybe I'll come up with something else, such as reviving Esperanto/Irish/Russian/that dreaded Mandarin.... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Biscuit Diglot Newbie Norway Joined 4712 days ago 11 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 202 30 June 2011 at 12:44am | IP Logged |
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Hi
I realise your chosen language for the May 6WC was Spanish, which for that reason (I suppose) has been removed from your list. However, I still intend to study exactly that language in August (as I just started it last week) ;-) I hope I will not be excluded for that reason. :) Edited by Biscuit on 30 June 2011 at 12:46am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Luai_lashire Diglot Senior Member United States luai-lashire.deviant Joined 5639 days ago 384 posts - 560 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto Studies: Japanese, French | Message 5 of 202 30 June 2011 at 12:49am | IP Logged |
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I'll probably do German regardless of what language is chosen... my boyfriend is starting it at school in the fall and
I want to be able to help with his homework, chat with him, and recommend good study methods to him. But he also is interested in Mandarin so I may study that instead if it's picked. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4720 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 6 of 202 30 June 2011 at 12:58am | IP Logged |
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I'm looking forward to participating in my first six week challenge. I have just started French, and that will be my language for the challenge. It's nice that the first 4 weeks will be during my holidays!
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| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4774 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 7 of 202 30 June 2011 at 2:10am | IP Logged |
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Portuguese ride the wave
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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6281 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 8 of 202 30 June 2011 at 9:25am | IP Logged |
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53 people have answered the poll now. We should have another 20 or so, if the challenge
attracts the same amount of people this time. Top answers right now: 1. French (14) 2. Russian (12) / German (12) 3. Chinese (9) / Japanese (9) 4. Arabic (7) / Finnish (7) / Korean (7) / Norwegian (7) 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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